Umbrella drip-cup



(No Model.)

E. SUSMAN.

UMBRELLA DRIP 0UP.

Patented Nov. 20, 1883.

WARE 5 5 E5 u. PETERS. PnciwLiihngI-aphm. wminm an UNITE STATES EDWARD SUSMAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

UMBRELLA DRIP-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,889, dated November 20, 1883,

Application filed June 13, 1883.

To aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD SUSMAN, of No. 28 \Vylie avenue, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Drip Cups for Umbrellas, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to a method of collecting the water from an umbrella or parasol by means of an adjustable flexible cup fixed to the end of the handle, as will be more fully described hereafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a representation of an umbrella when hoisted. Fig. 2 is a representation of the same when closed, and shows a sectional View of the cup.

Fig. 3 shows the umbrella closed, and neatly folded up with the cup in place and closely folded up; and Fig. 4. is a representation of my water-cup detached from the umbrella.

In the drawings, A is the body of the umbrella. A is the handle. Bis the water-cup. bis the attaching-sheath. Z) is a cord to secure to the cup B a wrapping-ring b b is a ring on the periphery of the cup for strength. The cup B is made bell shape with the sheath b to affix'the cup to the ferrule end of the handle. This sheath b will be made to fit closely around the end of the handle, so tightly that it will not come ofi of its own gravity nor when filled with water. The cup will be made of an elgtic material, so that it will not only spread, as seen in Fig. 1, but be susceptible of being rolled up, as seen in Fig. 3. This cup may be carried in the pocket, or it may be fixed to the inside of the umbrella by any suitable means, and in this way foldedup, as itreadily can be, by reason of its flexibility;

(No model J or the cup may be left on the umbrella and folded over itself by means of the ring 5 as seen in Fig. 3.

The utility of such a contrivance for catching the water from an umbrella will readily be understood. Very often on entering a room, church, store, or dwelling with an umbrella soaked with water, no convenient place is found to catch the dripping water from it. It is not safe to leave the umbrella out of your hands, as the experience of mankind will verify, and to have a receptacle such as the cup B would undoubtedly be of great use, as you can in most cases keep hold of it yourself, which is the safer way. The most common place to put a dripping umbrella is in a spittoon. This is generally a nauseous place to stick it. As to the umbrella-rack generally found in halhways, a great difficulty is experienced in taking the water-drippings of umbrellas from them, they being unwieldy and hard to handle.

For the purposes of my invention I deem the foregoing description as to the invention and its utility sufficient to enable others to make and use the same, at least full enough to satisfy the demands of the patent law.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In an umbrella drip-cup, B, the beil-shaped cup B, having the sheath 1 ring bi cord I), and ring 12 substantially as described and shown.

I11 testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I hereto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

EDIVARD SUSMAN.

Witnesses:

R. Con. BARRTS, JOHN HARVEY. 

